Posted on 04/14/2005 10:52:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I suspect there are a few freepers who would second that headline, without irony.
It is zero hour in America where devout Catholics have got to fight and stand together when a fellow Catholic is targeted for destruction simply for being Catholic.
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My pleasure. I agree, we are coming up on a new time of persecution.
BUMP!
You are right. Catholics are first because they are so visible. But the rest of us are also under the gun.
Prayers for this guy!
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Community and individuality are not opposites. People cannot survive on their own. When the odds are stacked against you, you must rally with the oppressed and hated.
When a growing oppressive regime is taking hold, you must act, otherwise you will soon face your enemy alone and hopeless.
Strength of community is a strength as much as individualism, as long you are willing to face weaknesses in your own community. Ignoring slacking values will mean that you will be rallied against by those you oppress.
Niemöller affirms we must rally against unhealthy organized regimes. We must also stay vigilant with those that appear to be good natured, as all organisation attracts corruption. Niemöller also warns us that if it is you who are corrupt, then you will face a stronger combined force of foe!
Vexen Crabtree
Love your tagline. Santiago Matamoros was also once commonly thought of as the patron of the Americas. Now more than ever it is important to remember him.
Moral Absolutes Ping.
Very interesting article. Liberals/leftists have free reign to condemn, villify, talk stink about, hate, baselessly criticize, slander and scorn sincere religious believers (and apparently, especially Catholics). In fact, it seems as though they consider it their bounden duty to do so. They do it openly, no beating around the bush, no shame.
Religious believers who are conservative, and whose sincere faith informs their world view, are the lowest of the low. Pond scum. Shouldn't even be allowed to hold public office, apparently.
How does this strike you? It nauseates me. What the (bleep) has happened to the world? Those who are faithful to God are now third class citizens. I wonder if they'll start making us drink at separate water fountains soon.
Let me know if you want on/off this pinglist.
Clause 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
They think it means that no one should be tested to make sure they are a believer in God; but it's fine and dandy to reject believers in God.
It's ok to have an atheist test?
I always tell my kids that the way to tell if something is fair or unfair is to reverse the situation and see how it looks that way.
It's kinda ironic that there has been all this buzz among the D power structure that deals with the fact that Clinton won the Catholic vote, Gore lost it, and Kerry lost it BAD.
The ironic part? They can't figure out why.
ping
Yes. Same as Bush got a lot of flack from the left about assembling a Cabinet that couldn't be counted on to disagree with him.
The Bible is clear. The return of paganism is the last reprise. This revolt, Paul warned, signals the final curtain. (2 Thess.2:3)
Interesting times if you are interested in prophacy.
BUMPping
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